Future negotiations for an electoral alliance between the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party will depend on on a deal President Maithripala Sirisena and the Opposition Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa could agree on.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera and former President Chandrika Kumaratunga who want devolution of power have to work together to meet the Nationalist challenge posed by Gotabaya Rajapaksa

JVP-led National People's Movement (NPM) Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake today reiterated his pledge to end discrimination over a citizen's sexual preferences - the first time a Presidential candidate has dared to broach the subject in Sri Lanka.